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| EMERGING AMANITA MUSHROOM... |
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| ...THE CAP BEGINNING TO UNFOLD... |
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| ...FULLY DEVELOPED MUSHROOM... |
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| ...ALMOST THE SIZE OF A DINNER PLATE |
Monday, 8:00 AM. 53 degrees F at the ferry dock, 49 on the back porch. Wind WNW, mostly calm with light gusts. The sky is clear, the humidity 87%. The barometer stands at 30.18". We will have several days of really nice fall weather.
With all the rain we have had, there should be a lot of fall mushrooms. The one pictured is an
Amanita, perhaps
flavoconia or
flavorescens, the correct species only distinguished by microscopic characteristics. It is quite probably poisonous, as are most species of
Amanaita. Mushrooms often occur in more or less the same location year after year, since the mycelium (the vegetative body) of the fungus remains in place below ground. Fully mature, this mushroom is the size of a dinner plate; but don't dine on it, as that might be your last supper.
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